Exploring disability identity with adolescents.

Anjali J Forber-Pratt Bradley J Minotti Claire E Burdick Mary Kate Brown Rachel A Hanebutt

Published in: Rehabilitation psychology (2021)

These findings suggest that adolescents with disabilities are engaging in a multifaceted meaning-making process to develop a sense of disability identity. Rehabilitation Psychologists and other practitioners can support disabled adolescents by helping them to discuss and develop a positive disability identity. Furthermore, practitioners can help disabled adolescents successfully develop their disability identity in a variety of different settings and contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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